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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Fix for Stamps crash on Win98

[Ray S. <ra...@sh...>]

Hi John,
This  link gives me a 404 error. I'm headed off to work now. I'll try this 
evening.
(GMT-7)
Ray
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Popplewell" <jo...@jo...>
To: <tux...@li...>
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 7:29 AM
Subject: [Tuxpaint-users] Fix for Stamps crash on Win98


> Hi,
>
> I sent this file off to bill last night but I must have missed him:
>
> http://www.johnnypops.demon.co.uk/tuxpaint-fixed-stamps-crash.zip
>
> It fixes the problem on my Win98 machine that otherwise crashes,
> but it's a bit of a mystery to me why it works on the other anyway.
>
> Could you, Ray and others give it a test?
>
> For the curious, the changes are in cvs, and there is some evidence in
> Google that the problem is known :-)
>
> best regards,
> John Popplewell.
>
>
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[Tuxpaint-users] Fix for Stamps crash on Win98

[John P. <jo...@jo...>]

Hi,

I sent this file off to bill last night but I must have missed him:

http://www.johnnypops.demon.co.uk/tuxpaint-fixed-stamps-crash.zip

It fixes the problem on my Win98 machine that otherwise crashes,
but it's a bit of a mystery to me why it works on the other anyway.

Could you, Ray and others give it a test?

For the curious, the changes are in cvs, and there is some evidence in
Google that the problem is known :-)

best regards,
John Popplewell.

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Win 98 support?

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

Other people are having trouble, too:

   When the stamp package is installed TuxPaint will start, and run until the
   stamp button is selected.Then I get the error message (below) and TuxPaint
   shuts down.
   If I uninstall the extra stamps al works just fine.

   I am running win98SE

   TUXPAINT caused an invalid page fault in
   module TUXPAINT.EXE at 0187:004183a7.
   Registers:
   EAX=0086007a CS=0187 EIP=004183a7 EFLGS=00210246
   EBX=00000026 SS=018f ESP=0084f610 EBP=0084f618
   ECX=0084f740 DS=018f ESI=0084f740 FS=7e57
   EDX=ffffffb9 ES=018f EDI=0084f740 GS=0000
   Bytes at CS:EIP:
   66 8b 04 50 83 e0 08 25 ff ff 00 00 eb d6 2e 75
   Stack dump:
   7803b730 7803b730 0084f858 004184df 0084f740 000000d8
   7803b730 00000000 00000001 00000000 00000001 00000000
   61206e41 6e69626c 6570206f 6e656861

I'm passing this along to the Windows gurus in the Tux Paint team. :)

-bill!


On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 07:05:30PM -0700, Ray Still wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Kendrick" <nb...@so...>
> To: <tux...@li...>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Win 98 support?
> 
> 
> >On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 09:58:28PM -0700, Ray Still wrote:
> >>Hello,
> >>Just wondering if 0.9.15 supports win 98. I just upgraded tux paint
> >>on my kid's computer (win 98SE) (yes, I'm cheap, but the oldest is
> >>only 6) Tux paint worked fine before, and everything still works,
> >>until I try to use the stamp tools. Now, as soon as you select stamps
> >>on the left hand side, the whole program shuts down without error or
> >>prompt. Is this a bug, or did I just mess up?
> >
> >That doesn't sound good at all!  I've been hearing of some 
> >graphics-related
> >problems under Windows XP, so _perhaps_ it's related.
> >
> >However, in the meantime, could you do me a favor and check in your
> >C:\Program Files\TuxPaint  (or whever "TuxPaint.exe" is installed) and
> >see if there are "stderr.txt" and/or "stdout.txt" files laying around?
> >
> >Those might contain useful error messages that we can use for figuring out
> >what's causing the crash.
> >
> >Sorry for the trouble!  In the meantime, I guess a downgrade will fix it,
> >and/or simply disabling the Stamps tool altogether. (There's an option
> >for it under "Simplification" in Tux Paint Config.)
> >
> >Good luck!
> >
> >-- 
> >-bill!
> >bi...@ne...
> >http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/
> >
> Hi Bill,
> I couldn't find any error logs in the tuxpaint folder. A search for 
> "std*.txt" accross all local harddrives comes up blank. If there is 
> anything you'd like me to try that would be helpful, just ask. In the 
> meantime, I'll try to see if I can track down any conflicts with other 
> software.
> Keep up the good work!
> Ray
> 
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[Tuxpaint-users] [fwd] Tuxpaint review

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

Betsy accidentally tried to send this to the 'tuxpaint-news' list. :^)

----- Forwarded message from Betsy Blackstock -----

My 5 year old loves your program. We are having to schedule our time
now on the computer so she will have time to paint! Thank you so much
for all your hard work and making this available free. When we have
extra we will donate to the cause.

Betsy 
Knoxville, TN
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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Win 98 support?

[Ray S. <ra...@sh...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Kendrick" <nb...@so...>
To: <tux...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Win 98 support?


> On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 09:58:28PM -0700, Ray Still wrote:
>> Hello,
>> Just wondering if 0.9.15 supports win 98. I just upgraded tux paint
>> on my kid's computer (win 98SE) (yes, I'm cheap, but the oldest is
>> only 6) Tux paint worked fine before, and everything still works,
>> until I try to use the stamp tools. Now, as soon as you select stamps
>> on the left hand side, the whole program shuts down without error or
>> prompt. Is this a bug, or did I just mess up?
>
> That doesn't sound good at all!  I've been hearing of some 
> graphics-related
> problems under Windows XP, so _perhaps_ it's related.
>
> However, in the meantime, could you do me a favor and check in your
> C:\Program Files\TuxPaint  (or whever "TuxPaint.exe" is installed) and
> see if there are "stderr.txt" and/or "stdout.txt" files laying around?
>
> Those might contain useful error messages that we can use for figuring out
> what's causing the crash.
>
> Sorry for the trouble!  In the meantime, I guess a downgrade will fix it,
> and/or simply disabling the Stamps tool altogether. (There's an option
> for it under "Simplification" in Tux Paint Config.)
>
> Good luck!
>
> -- 
> -bill!
> bi...@ne...
> http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/
>
Hi Bill,
I couldn't find any error logs in the tuxpaint folder. A search for 
"std*.txt" accross all local harddrives comes up blank. If there is anything 
you'd like me to try that would be helpful, just ask. In the meantime, I'll 
try to see if I can track down any conflicts with other software.
Keep up the good work!
Ray

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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Win 98 support?

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 09:58:28PM -0700, Ray Still wrote:
> Hello,
> Just wondering if 0.9.15 supports win 98. I just upgraded tux paint
> on my kid's computer (win 98SE) (yes, I'm cheap, but the oldest is
> only 6) Tux paint worked fine before, and everything still works,
> until I try to use the stamp tools. Now, as soon as you select stamps
> on the left hand side, the whole program shuts down without error or
> prompt. Is this a bug, or did I just mess up?

That doesn't sound good at all!  I've been hearing of some graphics-related
problems under Windows XP, so _perhaps_ it's related.

However, in the meantime, could you do me a favor and check in your
C:\Program Files\TuxPaint  (or whever "TuxPaint.exe" is installed) and
see if there are "stderr.txt" and/or "stdout.txt" files laying around?

Those might contain useful error messages that we can use for figuring out
what's causing the crash.

Sorry for the trouble!  In the meantime, I guess a downgrade will fix it,
and/or simply disabling the Stamps tool altogether. (There's an option
for it under "Simplification" in Tux Paint Config.)

Good luck!

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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Using Tux Paint 0.9.15 (WinXP)

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 09:02:05PM -0600, cal wrote:
> One thing that caused some of my students problems was the middle and 
> right mouse buttons doing nothing, expect causing a pop-up.  I love it!  
> I struggle with get my younger students to use just their 'pointer' 
> finger and the left mouse button.  Thank you!

Cool!  FYI, if any kids get frustrated to the point of not liking
Tux Paint any more, there _is_ an option to re-enable the "all buttons
do the same thing" feature that Tux Paint had previously.
(See "Mouse & Keyboard" tab in Tux Paint Config.)

Thanks for the report!  Glad it's working so well for you!!! :)

-bill!

[Tuxpaint-users] Win 98 support?

[Ray S. <ra...@sh...>]

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[Tuxpaint-users] Tux Paint 0.9.15

[Michael R. <mr...@ma...>]

Today I just installed the newest version in our school's computer lab and let my first graders "play".  We all agreed that this version is a significant improvement in so many ways.  Thank you!!!!!!  Keep up the great work.

Michael Richards
Mildred L. Day School
Arundel, Maine

[Tuxpaint-users] Using Tux Paint 0.9.15 (WinXP)

[cal <cha...@gb...>]

I updated all my lab computers (winXP) with 0.9.15 today and really 
enjoyed it.

I teach computers to about 430 students, ages Pre-Kindergarten up to 
Second Grade.  I use TuxPaint extensively for Pre-Kindergarten and 
Kindergarten.  First and Second grade use other programs, but TuxPaint 
is usually a choice after they complete their work and it remains a 
favorite.  Today, I allowed all grades time for them just to 'play' with 
the new version of TuxPaint.  Below are some of my observations from one 
day of 0.9.15.

I really liked the new 'sizer' for stampers. (I think it would be great 
for the fonts, too) 

Something my students really liked was the expanded palette. 

As for the new stamps, my students think that any new stamp is a treat, 
so they were in heaven.  

One thing that caused some of my students problems was the middle and 
right mouse buttons doing nothing, expect causing a pop-up.  I love it!  
I struggle with get my younger students to use just their 'pointer' 
finger and the left mouse button.  Thank you!

Cal Hardage
cha...@gb...

[Tuxpaint-users] Tux Paint 0.9.15 now available

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

Tux Paint 0.9.15, along with corresponding updates to Tux Paint Config.
and the Tux Paint Stamps collection, are now available for:

  Windows  (95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003, as both ZIP archive and Installer EXE)
  Mac OS X
  Linux RPM  (Red Hat 6.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9.0;  Fedora CORE 1, 2, 3 4)
  Source

http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/

Enjoy!

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[Tuxpaint-users] Tux Paint 0.9.15 is being released!

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

Tux Paint 0.9.15's source-code was released yesterday, and today I received
a build for Windows!  Hopefully Mac OS X will be coming soon.  (Once it
arrives, I'll be announcing the latest Tux Paint more widely.)

In the meantime, Windows users can download Tux Paint 0.9.15 and a new
set of Stamps (the "2005.11.25" release) here:

  http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/download/windows/     [*]


For the time being, everyone else can grab the source-code if they'd
like to compile it themselves:

  http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/download/source/


Enjoy!

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[*] If you'd rather not use an "installer" program, you can download
    everything as a pair of ZIP files for Windows:
      http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/download/windows-zip/

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] tuxpaint directory structure for osx

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 05:19:56PM -0800, bob McLaughlin wrote:
> Hi ,
>    I just installer tuxpaint for my daughter and she
> loves it.  I was going to create some new starters and
> stamps for her, but the documentation doesn't mention
> the directory path for the various folders for osx. 
> Can anyone supply the location to install the new
> files and any particulars regarding naming etc that
> might need to be followed.
> 

Hi Bob, sorry for the delay in responding.  The Mac version of Tux Paint is,
sadly, the most neglected. :^)  I was hoping someone more Mac-saavy would
have responded by now.

I checked the source-code, and it appears the _current_ version of Tux Paint
saves it in the user's home folder, under the following directory:

  ~/Library/Application Support/TuxPaint

Hopefully that's the same in the latest OS X version (the previous 0.9.14
is the latest for OS X at the moment... hopefully within the next few days,
0.9.15 will be out for OS X, too!)

Good luck,

-bill!

[Tuxpaint-users] Tux Paint 0.9.15 beta version available for Windows!

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

A beta version of the upcoming "0.9.15" version of Tux Paint has just been
created for Windows.

This is your chance to check out the latest and help us make sure it works
well when we do the final release later this month.

You can download either a ZIP-file version, or an installer version,
of both Tux Paint and the add-on Stamps collection, from the following
FTP site:

  ftp://ftp.billsgames.com/unix/x/tuxpaint/testbuilds/win32/

If you try it out, please post your comments here (or on "tuxpaint-devel",
if you're subscribed to that list as well).

Thanks so much!

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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Please Update Your Amazon Account !

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 06:14:47PM -0500, up...@am... wrote:
<snip>

My apologies for this!  Whoever the spammer was must have subscribed
to the mailing list to send it, I think... either that, or SourceForge is
having problems!

I'm going to report it to SourceForge and any other applicable abuse addresses.

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[Tuxpaint-users] tuxpaint directory structure for osx

[bob M. <bob...@ya...>]

Hi ,
   I just installer tuxpaint for my daughter and she
loves it.  I was going to create some new starters and
stamps for her, but the documentation doesn't mention
the directory path for the various folders for osx. 
Can anyone supply the location to install the new
files and any particulars regarding naming etc that
might need to be followed.


Thanks
Bob


	
		
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[Tuxpaint-users] Begian virtual zoo

[Lieven V. P. <lie...@sk...>]

Hello,
Some news from our virtual zoo!  (A project for young children) It's =
growing....

(Info:) http://www.sip.be/stamand/zooproject/zoo.htm

 15 new animals  arrived... 9 of them came from Slovenia, 6 from our =
kindergarten! We have now 55 'pets' to work with.

We received 6 new drawings from Japan, made in Tux Paint with the stamps =
made of these animals. Real works of art!

Have a look! Maybe you can find partners to join us... Thanks!

Kind regards=20

Lieven

=20

-----------------------------
Lieven Van Parys
Moerasstraat 11
8760 Meulebeke
Belgium

ICT-co=F6rdinator Vrije Basisscholen Meulebeke
E-mail: lie...@sk...
Website: http://www.sip.be/stamand/school.htm

Nieuw project: 'ZOO'
http://www.sip.be/stamand/zooproject/zoo.htm

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Last-minute wish list?

[Lieven V. P. <lie...@sk...>]

Hello,

I have some good news from our zoo project.

http://www.sip.be/stamand/zooproject/zoo.htm

We received new photo's from Sweden and Slovenia.

From Japan we have 9 new stamps.

A new version of zoo.zip with the stamps is available (We have now 40 sta=
mps=20
compressed in 'zoo.zip'. You can open this file with winzip.)

And.you can find  the first works of art made with the stamps from Japan =
and=20
from one of my schools on the web.

Have a look!

Many greetings

Lieven

-----------------------------
Lieven Van Parys
Moerasstraat 11
8760 Meulebeke
Belgium

ICT-co=F6rdinator Vrije Basisscholen Meulebeke
E-mail: lie...@sk...
Website: http://www.sip.be/stamand/school.htm

Nieuw project: 'ZOO'
http://www.sip.be/stamand/zooproject/zoo.htm
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Bill Kendrick" <nb...@so...>
To: <tux...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Last-minute wish list?


> On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 06:58:57PM -0700, David Sivell wrote:
>> Hi Bill
>> We use Tux Paint with Kindergarten to Yr6 students
>> (Mac OSX) - our biggest need is to be able to print
>> the whole picture. When we run it full screen at
>> 800x600 we haven't been able to set the page
>> setup/landscape so that all the pic prints.
>>
>> So Bill/Santa my wish is for a more readily available
>> page setup.
>
> I've put a query in to my Elves.  No response back yet, sadly.
> (Finding OS X developers is quite difficult! :^( )
>
> -bill!
>
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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Last-minute wish list?

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 06:58:57PM -0700, David Sivell wrote:
> Hi Bill
> We use Tux Paint with Kindergarten to Yr6 students
> (Mac OSX) - our biggest need is to be able to print
> the whole picture. When we run it full screen at
> 800x600 we haven't been able to set the page
> setup/landscape so that all the pic prints.
> 
> So Bill/Santa my wish is for a more readily available
> page setup.

I've put a query in to my Elves.  No response back yet, sadly.
(Finding OS X developers is quite difficult! :^( )

-bill!

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Last-minute wish list?

[David S. <ds...@ya...>]

Hi Bill
We use Tux Paint with Kindergarten to Yr6 students
(Mac OSX) - our biggest need is to be able to print
the whole picture. When we run it full screen at
800x600 we haven't been able to set the page
setup/landscape so that all the pic prints.

So Bill/Santa my wish is for a more readily available
page setup.

Thanks for your help.

Regards
David


> Before wrapping things up too much, though, I
> thought I'd ask my
> trusty "tuxpaint-users" subscribers if they had any
> requests.

> NO PROMISES, of course, since I'd like to get 0.9.15
> out the door soon.
> (It's been almost a year since 0.9.14!)

> -bill


		
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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] How to make a Starter coloring book image

[Roberto N. <rn...@bl...>]

Hi Bill/tuxpaint users!

> Hi everyone!  Someone emailed me privately today, asking for help getting
> some JPEG images put into Tux Paint to use for coloring.  I replied with
> some instructions, and ended up focusing on preparing an image using
> The Gimp (since it's also Open Source and runs on Windows, Mac and Linux),
> and was planning on creating some "official documentation" based on my
> emailed instructions.
> 
> I thought I'd post the instructions here, first, to get feedbac from other
> Tux Paint users.  (Do the instructions make sense?  Easy to read?  Etc.)

[snip]

I had no idea TuxPaint could do this. Great feature! I am going to try
this out with my two little ones...

As for the documentation, I think it is fine. When providing
instructions on how to create a new transparent PNG, you have had to be
specific to one program (GIMP) of course, so many people will either
have to grab a program that is new to them or figure it out themselves.
But there is no way round that :-(

Regardless though, the first bit explains _what_ is needed and the last
bit _why_ it is needed, which provides as much general guidance as could
be expected.

Might it be that what most users would really want, is not instructions
on how to make their own pictures, but more examples to download? If so,
the users as group could step in I suppose!

Btw, thanks once again for the great program.

Regards
Roberto/.

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Last-minute wish list?

[Lieven V. P. <lie...@sk...>]

Hello Tux Paint users,
I am working on a project for kids.
http://www.sip.be/stamand/zooproject/zoo.htm
I you have some time, have a look.
I am expecting more pictures/stamps from Japan, Canada, Sweden, Ireland,=20
Slovenia, Latvia, Ghana and Croatia. They have all received my working=20
materials (chenille). When the 'chenille animal' returns, I take pictures=
=20
and I transform them into a stamp.  (I use the Gimp)Not so easy because t=
he=20
animals have a lot of 'hair' ;-).
If you can make a drawing with our stamps with your pupils/kids... please=
=20
send me the png file. I will place it on the website. (with photos of the=
=20
kids drawing it if it is possible) Thanks!
Kind regards
Lieven

-----------------------------
Lieven Van Parys
Moerasstraat 11
8760 Meulebeke
Belgium

ICT-co=F6rdinator Vrije Basisscholen Meulebeke
E-mail: lie...@sk...
Website: http://www.sip.be/stamand/school.htm

Nieuw project: 'ZOO'
http://www.sip.be/stamand/zooproject/zoo.htm
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Bill Kendrick" <nb...@so...>
To: "Tux Paint Users" <tux...@li...>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 11:24 PM
Subject: [Tuxpaint-users] Last-minute wish list?


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> I'm preparing to release Tux Paint 0.9.15 soon.  Sadly, it won't have a=
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> of the promised or requested features, as I haven't had much time to wo=
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> on it, but it's definitely quite an improvement.
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> Before wrapping things up too much, though, I thought I'd ask my
> trusty "tuxpaint-users" subscribers if they had any requests.
>
> NO PROMISES, of course, since I'd like to get 0.9.15 out the door soon.
> (It's been almost a year since 0.9.14!)
>
>
> Thanks!
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[Tuxpaint-users] Last-minute wish list?

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

I'm preparing to release Tux Paint 0.9.15 soon.  Sadly, it won't have all
of the promised or requested features, as I haven't had much time to work
on it, but it's definitely quite an improvement.

Before wrapping things up too much, though, I thought I'd ask my
trusty "tuxpaint-users" subscribers if they had any requests.

NO PROMISES, of course, since I'd like to get 0.9.15 out the door soon.
(It's been almost a year since 0.9.14!)


Thanks!

-- 
-bill!
bi...@ne...
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/

[Tuxpaint-users] How to make a Starter coloring book image

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

Hi everyone!  Someone emailed me privately today, asking for help getting
some JPEG images put into Tux Paint to use for coloring.  I replied with
some instructions, and ended up focusing on preparing an image using
The Gimp (since it's also Open Source and runs on Windows, Mac and Linux),
and was planning on creating some "official documentation" based on my
emailed instructions.

I thought I'd post the instructions here, first, to get feedbac from other
Tux Paint users.  (Do the instructions make sense?  Easy to read?  Etc.)

Thanks in advance for any comments/suggestions/improvements! ;^)

-bill!


What you need to do is find the "starters" folder in Tux Paint's folder
on your system.  (If you're using Windows, it should be under
"C:\Program Files\TuxPaint\starters", assuming you installed Tux Paint in
the default location, using the installer version, and not the ZIP-file
version of Tux Paint.)

Inside you should find the four Starters that came with Tux Paint 0.9.14.
Two are coloring-book-outline style: a chicken and an airplane.
The other two are photographics: a coral reef and a skyline.

You should see these same pictures when you hit the "Open" button from
within Tux Paint.  (In the future, we might move these into a new dialog
that will appear when you hit "New", but we haven't worked on that yet.)

If you load either of the coloring book images in a more professional
graphics program, like Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro or The Gimp
(the latter of which is free, Open Source software, like Tux Paint),
you'll notice that it is actually a black outline on top of transparency
(no color).

So if you're interested in making coloring-book images with the current
version of Tux Paint, you'll need to load them -- you said they were JPEG --
into something like The Gimp, and then remove the white background.
Then save it in PNG format, which is what Tux Paint prefers.  (You CANNOT
use JPEG, since it doesn't have a concept of "transparent", which is
currently a requirement in Tux Paint.)

The "PNG" documentation in Tux Paint explains a little more about this:

  http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/docs/PNG.txt


What you'll need to do is tell the professional paint program
"turn white into transparent", and then simply save the image as a PNG
inside Tux Paint's "starters" folder.

In The Gimp, you can do this using the "Select Regions by color" tool.
(It looks like a little hand with a finger pointing at a box of color.)
Once you pick that tool, simply click any white pixel in your image
and it should select ALL of the white in the image.

Of course, if the image was scanned, or was stored as a JPEG, not all
white pixels will be exactly the same color white.  You can tell Gimp to
be a little more sloppy when by increasing the tool's "Threshold".
Double-click the "Select Regions..." icon in Gimp's toolbox and a
"Tool Options" dialog should appear.

Once you have all of the white selected, you need to turn it transparent,
so that Tux Paint will let the kids draw on the transparent bits.
First, make sure you CAN.  In the image window's menubar, select the
"Layers" menu and find the "Transparency" sub-menu.  Click the
"Add Alpha Channel" item.

Finally, hit Ctrl+K (or use the "Edit->Clear" menu item) and all of the
white in the image should turn into a kind of checkerboard pattern.
It's not transparent!

Do "File->Save As..." and save the image with a ".png" extension
inside Tux Paint's "starters" folder, and then, from within Tux Paint,
click the 'Open' button.  You should see your picture towards the top
of the thumbnail listing.

Open it, and you should be able to draw 'behind' the outlines.
(Everywhere that appears as white inside Tux Paint.)


From a technical standpoint, all Tux Paint is doing is re-drawing the
starter image _on top_ of the canvas, every time you draw or stamp in
Tux Paint.  The result is that the opaque parts of starter image are
immutable.


-- 
-bill!
bi...@ne...
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] select 'save' directory

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 01:05:16PM -0700, Fleischer, Paula wrote:
> Hello - I'm new to tuxpaint.  We are considering using it at school,
> where our students each have their own folder for their computer
> work.  I found the command where you can change the directory where
> work is saved, but is there any way for the standard "Save In"
> dialog box can come up so students can select their own folder
> location?

Hi Paula.  At this time, Tux Paint itself doesn't have a way of bringing up
the file dialog from the underlying environment (Windows, Mac OS X, KDE, etc.)

However, earlier this year I began working on a tool which brings up a
dialog _before_ Tux Paint is launched, asking where to save files.
It then sends that choice to Tux Paint via its "savedir" option.

You can find it here, for Linux and Windows:  (unfortunately, nothing for
Mac OS X yet...  finding OS X developers is like pulling teeth, it seems!)

  ftp://ftp.billsgames.com/unix/x/tuxpaint/savedir/


As seen in the README file there:

  The solution:
  -------------
  This tool simply shows a small dialog containing a list of student's names
  (or class rooms, or other identifying information), each of which correspond
  to a particular directory.

  Using the students from the example above, even though "Billy" and "Suzy"
  both have the same directory on the file server mounted as their PC's "H:"
  drive, this tool can cause Tux Paint to save its files in either
  "H:\billy\" or "H:\suzy\", depending on which name they pick from a list.

  It does this simply by calling the Tux Paint executable (e.g.,
  "tuxpaint.exe") with the "--savedir" command-line argument.
  (It's the same as the directory choice found in the "Tux Paint Config"
  GUI tool, except it's not coming out of a configuration file.)


Let me know if that helps in the interim!


-- 
-bill!
bi...@ne...
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/